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LOT 1587
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (395 grams, 12.8 cm).
With collared socket and unfinished loop below, facetted cheeks and narrow curving blade.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1587
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Leaf-shaped blade with a raised mid-rib extending to a flaring socket with a rivet hole. 204 grams, 19.1 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Bronze Age 'Welby Type' Looped and Socketted Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
With convex cutting edge tapering from square body and slightly rounded socket; the socket with one indented band of ornament and a series of indented line ornaments to each side; single lateral loop for attachment to the shaft. 258 grams, 98 mm
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Bronze Age Jewellery Set
Korban Culture, 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Comprising: a fibula with tall arched bow, integral coil and straight pin; substantial round-section bracelet with clubbed ends; similar with flattened and scrolled finials. 675 grams total, 7.6-14.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
